插
chā HSK5

insert

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approved by Prismcool · Sep 3, 2024, 02:11 PM · Reviewed by Prismcool on Sep 3, 2024, 02:11 PM

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Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 臿 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component

扌 is a component form of 手.

臿
臿 SoundMeaning component

Depicts using a pestle (午) to grind grain to be separated from its husk in a mortar (臼).

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsrheapmə-[tsʰ]<r>op insert

說文解字

《說文》：“插，刺肉也。从手，从臿。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫Wenlin Dictionaries
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)